❓ The Department of Environment and Conservation is not currently reassessing smoke management guidelines. The government reaffirmed its 2009 decision to allow greater flexibility in smoke management to meet prescribed burning targets.
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Is the Department of Environment and Conservation currently reassessing smoke management guidelines; and if so, what issues are being examined and when is that review likely to be finished?
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19 March 2012
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Minister for Environment
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26 days
No. On Friday 18 November 2011, I issued a media statement reaffirming the Government's 2009 decision to approve DEC exercising greater flexibility in managing smoke within national guidelines to achieve its prescribed burning target within the south-west.
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